Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2003-11-28

Re: mpc / linux kernel - user space

From: Wolfgang Denk <hidden>
Date: 2003-11-28 08:14:30

In message <006801c3b571$408bc6e0$c314a8c0@cm> you wrote:
Write an ioctl method in your module. And provide provision in ioctl to take
a function pointer & store it.
What a bogus advice.

You CANNOT call user space code from kernel  context.  [And  actually
you don't want to.]

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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